Iqaluit Airport

Iqaluit Airport

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ
The old terminal
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Nunavut[1]
OperatorNunavut Airport Services Ltd.
LocationIqaluit, Nunavut
Hub for
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates63°45′24″N 068°33′22″W / 63.75667°N 68.55611°W / 63.75667; -68.55611
Map
CYFB is located in Nunavut
CYFB
CYFB
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,605 2,623 Asphalt
Statistics (2011/2010)
Passengers120,040
Aircraft movements20,178

Iqaluit Airport (Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ) (IATA: YFB, ICAO: CYFB) serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the city. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet, and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as Canadian North, and from smaller communities throughout eastern Nunavut. It is also used as a forward operating base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). In 2011, the terminal handled more than 120,000 passengers.[5]

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[2]

The airport serves as a diversion airport on polar routes.[6][7]

The airport is owned by the Government of Nunavut (GN)[1] and operated, under a 30-year contract, by Nunavut Airport Services. The company is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Airport Divestiture Status Report". www.tc.gc.ca. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV Canada Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (TP 577): Table 2-2 — Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV Canada flight service stations". www.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Iqaluit International Airport Improvement Project" (PDF). Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development & Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "Figure 3. Boeing-Conducted Airport Safety And Operational Assessments". www.boeing.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Figure 1. New Cross-Polar Routes Via The North Polar Region". www.boeing.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ^ Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation Archived 2016-12-11 at the Wayback Machine